Sanitary closet-rinsing device.



J. P. GOVERTS. SANITARY GLOSET RINSING DEVIGE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00129, 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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J. P. GOVERTS. SANITARY GLOSET RINSING DEVICE.

APPLIOATIONTILBD OOT. 29, 1912.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

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W MM JOHANN PETER GOVERTS. OF BERLIN GERMANY. ASSIGNOR TO JOHN F. WAHL, OF

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA.

SANITARY CLOSET-RINSING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

I'atented M a r. 3:. 1914.

Application filed October 29` 1912. Serial No. ?28,494.

To all 'ze/lom it may cancer/t:

Be t known that I, JOIIAXN Pnrnn Govnrrs a subject of the King of Prussa, German Emperor. residing at Berlin` in thei Empire ot' (ernany, have invented a new and useful Sanitary Closet-Rinsing Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to inprovenents in water-closets, and consists especially in a sanitarv .watt and jet arrangenient in connection with and on a water closet, whereby the maximum cleanliness during the use of the closet is obtained.

The Chief in'rovenent consists in the disposition of a bent -rinsing tube turnable in a cock casing in such a n'anner that the axis of this tube is eoincident with the longitudinal axis of the eloset whereby the cock casing is connected with the discharge tube t'i-om the reservoir and adapted to normally occupy an approximately horizontal position beneath the closet seat around the opening and when brought into use to Swing down into a vertical position so that the discharge holes point the jets of water toward the anus of the user, a device being enployed 't'or nechanically turning the bent rinsing tube.

Another improvement consists in the disposition of a devicefor heating the rinsing water in a reservoir directly before use.

I Will now proceed to describe n v invention with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation ot' an improved watencloset in one mode of execution, Fig. 2 is a side view of the lower part. ot' Fig. 1, lf`ig. 3 is an elevation of a modification of the improved Water-closet, the heating of the rinsing water being etl'ected by means of gas, Fig. l is an elevation ot' a further modification of the inproved water-closet, the heating of the rinsing water bein' effected electrically, Fig. 5 is a plan view on an enlarged seale of a closet *seat with a device t'or mechanically turning the bent rinsiug tube from its nornal horizontal position into the verti'al one and vice versa, Fig. G a rear view of the same and shows the device for turning by hand the bent rinsing tube. parts of the basin being shown in section and Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the line A-A in Fig. 5.

Similar characters ot reference refet' to similar parts throughout the several views.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the closet basin l is shown as provided with a seat consisting of a rear stationary part i? and a 'Front novable part 3, the two parte being huged together n a known nanncr. The water-reservoir T above` connected with the supplv tube S. is connected with the closet by means of a discharge tube G and a cock-casiug *2-1 attacled to the basin 1 (onitted from Fi 2). In the cock-easng 24: a bent rnsng tube i (Fig.

l) is turnable, which will be ret'erred to later on and described with reference to Figs. 5 to 7.

4\ gas tube 11 connected with any known source of gas terninates in a burner ot any known Construction beneath the waterreservoir T and is provided with a gascock 12 which can be opened and closed b v means ot' an arm 13. Beneath the cock 12 the gas tube 11 has connected to it a snall gas tube 14 which terninates in a pilot burner 9 near the large burner 10 beneath the reservoir T. The stationery part 2 ot' the seat is provided with a suitable bracket 15 (Fig. 9) having a pin 15 on which a two-armed lever 16, 10 is nounted to rock. The rear arni 16 of this lever is pivotally connected with the arm.13by means` of a rod 19 loaded with a weight 18. The :front arn 16 of the lever lb', 16 carries a roller 17 which by the weight 18 is pressed upward against the underside of the novable seat part 3. Any known stop (not shown) is provided for limiting the turn of the seat part 3. This stop is so adjusted and the parts 16?. 16, 13 are so proportioned, that on the movable seat part 3 being depressed by the user, the gas-cock 12 is opened for supplying to the main burner 10 gas which is instantaneously ignited by the fiane tron the pilot burner 9, so that the rinsing water in the reservoir (I, which may be ncasured in any suitable manncr, is heated during the time the seat is being used.

'l`o rinse the body the userdepresses a knol f in order to turn the bent tube 4 downward froni its initial position shown in Fig. 1 into the vertical position in a manner which will be explained later on with reference to Figs. i to T. l`hercb v the cock Qi is opened. so that the heated rinsing water is permitted to pass t'rou the reservoir 7 to the bent tube l and to discharge through the holes 27 thei-cof so that a vertical jet is directed against the corresponding part of the body 1, the rese'rvor maybe disposed at a small i height above the seat'part 2-but in such a manner as not to disturb the user. Such a modified reservoir is denoted by 20 in Figs. 3 and 4. In' such a case of course the gas-tubes 11 and 14 are *so modified as to place the two burners 9, beneath the reservoir 20, similar to Fig. 1. Otherwise the arrangement of the water-closet shown in Fig..

3 remains much the same as before.

Instead of gas also electricity may be employed for heating the rinsing water, as is for example illustrated in Fig. 4. Here the reservoir is provided with an electric heater 21 of any approved Construction.

The heater 21 may be provided with two contact springs 22 and 23, of which the lower one 23 can be pressed upward against the upper contact spring 22 for closing the current, Whereby the heating of the rinsing water in the reservoir 20 is started. For eX- anple the lower contact spring 23 may be connected with the short rod 19 and insulated therefrom. Then the operation of the rod 19 will bemuch the same as described above with reference to .F ig. 2.

I in one piece with a cock-casing 24 (Fig. 7

and two ears 25, 25 which latter may be fastened on the upper side of the stationary seat part 2 in any known mannerand thus i support the cock. The casing 24 is connected with the reservoir discharge tube 6 and provided with a passage 29. 'The plug 26 is provided with a passage 28 adapted to register with 29 on the plug being turned through an angle of 90. Into the plug 26 is screwed the end of a straight portion of ,a bent tube 4, while an arm 30 is rigidly connected with the plug and carries a pin 31. This pin engages in thehooked end of a rod 32, which is longitudinally movable in the upper arms 33, 34 of a Upiece tastened upon the seat part 2. The rod 32 is connected with one end of a helical spring 36 surrounding it, while the other end of this spring is connected with the arm 34. A knob 37 (corresponding to 5 in Figs. 1 to 4) provided at the free end of the rod 32 can be pressed inward in the direction of the arrow into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6 for turning the. arni 30 through an angle of about 90 against the action of the spring 36, whereby the bent tube 4 is turned from the initial position shown in full lines into the vertical position indicated by the dotted lines. On the ,knob 37 being released the' tube 4 will be automatically returned by the spring 36 into its initial position. The tube 4 is so bent as to pass in its normal position along the opening of the movableseat part 3. Then it will be hidden and protected by the seat part 3 and be out of the way. The end of the tube 4 is provided with`perforations-27 for the rinsing water. on depressing the knob 37 the perforated end of the tube 4 will be brought above' the closet cutlet (as indicated by the dotted lines' in Fig. 5) and the passage 28 in the plug 26 (l`ig. '7) will register with ,the passage 29 in the casing 24, so that the heated water can pass from the reservoir 7 or 20 through the tubcs 6, 4 and the perforations 27 and stream up against the anus or the anus and vagina respectively of the male or female` user, to thoroughly rinse these parts of the body thereby acting as an excellent sanitary device. x

Where so preferred, the device for turning the bent tube 4 may be disposed wholly'beneat-h the upper surface of the seat part 3, in which cas the knob 5 is also beneath the said surface as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 and'the device requires to be altered in a manncr too I obvious for any expert as 'to require any A'plate 24 (Figs. 5 and 6) may be made further explanation.

I claim:

In a device of the character described, in conbination, a closet basin, a seat therefon a water reservoir, adischarge pipe having one end connected therewith, a casing at the rear of said basin to which the other end of said discharge pipe is connected, a tube having a curved portion and a straight end' portion rotatably journaled in said casing,. the axis of ro-tation of said tube being in line with the longtudinal axis of the basn, said tube having perforations in its curved portion, means normally holding said tube in a horizontal position, and means for turning said tube into a vertical position, the curved portion of said tube beingso shaped that it will be entirely covered by the seat when in its normally' horizontal position.

J OHANN PETER GOVERTS. lVitnesses VVOLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HASPER.

It will be now evident, that 

